Draft:Anantha Krishnan M

Anantha Krishnan M, born on 31 May 1973, is an Indian journalist and author. Hailing from Kuttemperoor village in Kerala, he made a career shift at 19, leaving an engineering course to pursue full-time journalism in 1992.

Author
As an author, he penned biographies (A Different Spirit (ISBN 978-1482851052), which is the biography of paraplegic Olympic athlete Malathi K Holla and Precious Souls (ISBN 978-1482870626) chronicling the success stories of 24 special children across India) highlighting inspiring stories. Krishnan is also the Editor of Tarmak Media House specialising in military documentaries.

He has initiated several national campaigns from Bengaluru, including setting up Guru Kalam Granthalayas in remote village schools. In Kerala, a library was setup in Kanjippadam (Allappuzha) for the benefit of fishermen’s children and another one in Valimanna village near Kozhikode.